From: Stephen White <spwhite@...>
Date: 2001-08-17T22:18:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19941] Re: Keyword arguments (was GUI...)

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> The syntax would be something like
> 
>   def test(a="goodbye", b="world")
>     puts "#{a} #{b}"
>   end
> 
>   test(b: "matz", a: "hello")

Could the syntax be made the same for both declaration and call?

Eg:

   def test(a:"goodbye", b:"world")
     puts "#{a} #{b}"
   end

   test(b:"matz", a:"hello")
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